<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lilgto:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 64tempest:
How about that 64 GTO hood, alot of other one year only parts for the cars coming out and Im getting tired of telling people that mine are not for sale!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I want a 64 GTO Hood<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Why should a steel '64 GTO hood be reproduced?
Have any idea what the tooling costs would be to create the dies? Large dies capable of stamping out mediocre to good
"quality" hoods run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. There has to be percieved large demand, otherwise the ROI is just not there. Different story, with small nearly flat taillight lense, much smaller investment cost, shipping cost from overseas, much less per unit...so they built them
Demand... The number of '64's in existance & needing a hood, is miniscule compared to the number of '68-70's needing a hood to replace their kinked & rusted original. A repro of the '68-70 hood was first reproduced because of large demand. Even with a repro avail, many folks are so cheap they'll not pop for a repro. On the other end, folks working on highend restorations still demand & pay $$$ for a nice original non RA & RA versions. Same scenario with folks working on '64's...many folks, though they could use such a hood, would not buy it.
Needing a hood... as the cost of a near perfect used '64 GTO hood is nowhere near that of even a fixer '69 T/A hood, the option is out there to buy one... either find & buy a good used hood, or buy a rough project car that has a good hood on it & part the car out.
[This message was edited by ol' Pinion head on July 14, 2003 at 11:15 AM.]